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Keep this study
Lead
Children's Oncology Group
With
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
OBJECTIVES:
I. Collect brain tumor tissue and an accompanying blood sample from pediatric patients with brain tumors treated at Children?s Oncology Group institutions.
II. Provide a repository for long-term storage of specimens from these patients.
III. Make these specimens available to qualified researchers to understand the biology of pediatric brain tumors.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
Brain tumor tissue and blood specimens are collected from patients and banked for future study.
Age
0–18
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Diagnosis of brain tumor
Previously treated at a Children?s Oncology Group (COG) institution
* Patients are eligible at time of diagnosis, second-look surgery, recurrence, or development of a second malignant neoplasm
Must have brain tumor biological specimens derived from primary tumors of the CNS available for submission
